MONTREAL-T-Mobile USA has partnered with mobile messaging company Oz to deliver four pre-loaded instant message services on a new Nokia phone, the companies announced Thursday.
A clamshell handset featuring a fold-out QWERTY keyboard, the Nokia 6800 will feature instant messaging options from Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and ICQ. The Bellevue, Wash.-based carrier has launched a promotional contest encouraging users to send instant message answers to trivia questions to help support the new phone.
“Everywhere you look it seems people are not only talking on their phone but blazing though messages with their thumbs,” said John Clelland, senior vice president of segment marketing for T-Mobile USA, Inc.
